Assignment task: Prepare and maintain beds Assistance in nursing.
Q1. Why are there different coloured linen bags?
Q2. When can you re use linen?
Q3. If the patient is still in bed when you go to make it what could you do?
Q4. When making beds, where should the clean linen be placed?
Q5. You are asked to make the bed of a patient while they are having a shower. You go to strip the bed only to find it soiled. What do you do?
Q6. You are asked to strip and make the bed to prepare for a new patient, explain the procedure.
Q7. Explain standard and additional precautions?
Q8. Explain the infection control procedures that you would follow when stripping and making a bed.
Q9. What does PPE stand for and why is it used?
Q10. Identify and explain 4 specific items of PPE.
Q11. Why should you never shake or place soiled linen on the floor?
Q12. When would you use gloves to make a bed?
Q13. Describe the following pieces of equipment and what they are be used for.
Q14. To ensure your own safety, what must be checked/ changed prior to making a bed.
Q15. You go to make a patient's bed only to find that the brakes are broken - explain what you would do next.
Q16. What is a surgical bed, and what is it used for?
Q17. You have just prepared and made a patient's bed and are about to leave the room. What must you do prior to leaving.
Q18. List three ways that you can preserve the dignity and privacy of patients while making beds.
Q19. When stripping a bed, you must be careful to remove one item at a time. Why is this?